Chapter 1657 This is life (Second update, please subscribe)
For two whole months, Zhu Xianhai and his team have been traveling around Africa. Most of the time, he stayed in national reserves. Africa has the largest number of national parks in the world, which are nature reserves for wild animals to thrive. On the East African savannah, huge herds of wildebeests migrate back and forth between the three grasslands of Ngorongoro, Serengeti and Kenya's Masai Mara year after year for survival. In July and August every year, the wildebeests force their way across the Mara River, which is the most spectacular scene of the great animal migration and a must-do itinerary for most tourists who come to the African savannah.
However, due to the season, Zhu Xianhai was unable to witness such a spectacle. Although it was a pity, he would have plenty of time in the future. After staying in Africa for two months, he flew to Kuwait City.
However, to his disappointment, what he saw was a modern city that was somewhat similar to Dubai in another world. Apart from that, there was no trace of Islam. In fact, it was almost the same in France's Middle East colonies and the Roman Empire. Catholics and Orthodox Christians were the mainstream there, or there were some Jews.
After the boring trip to the Middle East, Zhu Xianhai did not go to the South Asian sub-peninsula, but flew directly from Kuwait City to Haizhou.
Finally, Zhu Xianhai embarked on his journey to China.
After the elegant White Swan supersonic aircraft flew over Hangzhou Bay, it flew over the Yangtze River Estuary in just a few minutes. Looking towards the Yangtze River Estuary, one could see lush green on both sides of the river, without many traces of the city.
“It’s really a big change…”
There is no Magic City in this world anymore. After the Heavenly Kingdom occupied Shanghai, it closed the concession, and Haizhou in the north rose up. That city is Lianyungang in another world, and it is also the destination of Zhu Xianhai's trip.
Ten minutes later, Haizhou came into view. It is not a city, but a member of a giant urban agglomeration. After years of development, from Haizhou to Xuzhou, it has long been connected into a whole, and even in terms of organizational structure it is a whole - Jingzhao Prefecture, including Haizhou, Xuzhou, Suzhou, Yingzhou and Shangqiu. They form a giant urban agglomeration with a population of 98 million.
As early as the Tang Dynasty, the cities in Jingzhao Prefecture were connected by railways. With Xuzhou as the center, railways were scattered around the city, and a high-speed railway loop was formed around the city. There are countless light rail stations in the four prefectures and one prefecture, and the light rail loop and intercity light rail all intersect in Xuzhou.
All of these intercity light rail lines are also relatively prosperous places. It is these lines that connect the four states and one prefecture into a whole. In fact, this is also a common feature of all the Xia states. Railways are used to connect cities into urban areas, and high-speed railways and urban light rails ensure the commuting of residents. Most of the 98 million residents live there instead of being crowded in five metropolitan areas, which is why this metropolitan area with a population of nearly 100 million does not seem crowded.
After the plane landed, like all the customs in Zhuxia, the airport customs has a channel for compatriots in addition to the channel for nationals and foreigners. This is a channel exclusively for compatriots in Zhuxia. In fact, it is the same as the channel for nationals, and both are channels with a simple customs clearance process.
The customs officer looked at the photo on the passport, then looked at Zhu Xianhai, and without asking him the purpose of his visit, he stamped his passport and said.
"Welcome home."
go home!
This is a tradition. After all, this land is the home of all Chinese people.
However, Catherine was not so lucky. As a personal bodyguard, she could only go through the foreigner channel because she was an English citizen. If she did not hold a business visa and a huge deposit, she would probably be questioned by customs.
But even so, after Zhu Xianhai and others passed through customs, it still took her several minutes to pass through customs. After all, many people stay in China illegally every year.
"Really? You Chinese people always look down on white people..."
As soon as she got in the car, Catherine couldn't help but apologize.
"It seems like every white person who comes here is staying here illegally. If my skin was yellow, would customs still treat me the same way?"
Looking at Catherine's distressed expression, Zhu Xianhai smiled.
"You mean, there's racial discrimination at the customs?"
"Isn't it?"
Looking at the Chinese people outside the car window, Catherine said.
"If I looked like you, they might just take a look and greet me with a smile when I passed through customs. But because I am white and English, they looked at me like a criminal..."
Miss, if the truth is told, your crimes would be enough to get you beheaded several times, and Zhu Xianhai is even too lazy to complain.
Why bring Catherine along for the trip? To put it bluntly, it's because this woman is very strong in combat. She can protect herself outside and warm the bed inside. It would be a pity to reject such a beauty who is both talented inside and out.
Besides, beautiful bodyguards are always more pleasing to the eye than a group of khans.
While Catherine was complaining about being treated differently at the customs, Zhu Xianhai was looking at the single-family houses outside the window with great interest. The same was true in Daming. Although the state and companies had built a large number of apartment complexes in the early days, most residents preferred to buy a piece of land and build a two- or three-story small house. Although the cost was a little more expensive than an apartment, it was still within the range that the working class could afford.
Like the Ming Dynasty, few residents in China buy dozens of houses for investment. For them, even if the housing loan is extremely low, less than 1%, they would rather use the money to improve their quality of life than to purchase extra properties. They will travel around the world for fun and vacation during holidays.
Why waste money on a house? Isn't it enough to just have a place to live?
Thinking of the other world, people's enthusiasm for houses, Zhu Xianhai shook his head and sighed. It seems that the people in the two worlds are completely different. People in the other world love to save and buy houses, but what about people in this world? Although they save, they love to enjoy life more within a reasonable range. Of course, they also love to have children. As a tradition, having many children has never changed. In any country in Zhuxia, any normal family will have four or five children. Even in recent years, the fertility rate has declined, but the society as a whole still tends to have children.
Just like the ones on the grass in front of the houses outside the window, there are children playing and running, some are two or three, and some are five or six. There is also a child in the arms of a mother standing by to guard them.
Looking at the children playing on the lawn in front of the house and the mothers guarding them, Zhu Xianhai raised the corners of his lips and talked to himself.
“In fact, this is life…”
(End of this chapter)
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